479. "Mushaboom" Feist

"Mushaboom"
Feist
Let It Die
2004

I found this song (via a cover version on the Bright Eyes B-side comp) right after my daughters were born, which was just after my then-girlfriend (now-wife, chill out, family values folks) moved in together in a 2 bedroom apartment in Marshfield, Mass.
I think it took a few listens before I realized this song was spying on us. I was taking a coat off of one of the babies, and started singing, "helping the kids out of their coats," and chuckled.
I kept singing, and a feeling of unease descended upon our little apartment. "It may be years until that day our dreams will match up with our pay," I sang. "Lauri, she's singing about US."
"Don't be an idiot," she said.
I kept on, and soon was frantic. "'SECOND FLOOR LIVING WITHOUT A YARD'. WE DON'T HAVE A YARD! WE ARE ON THE SECOND FLOOR!"
"Stop it, you're scaring m..."
"THE SONG IS WATCHING US! 'MUSHABOOM' HAS ACHIEVED SENTIENCE AND IS WATCHING OUR EVERY MOVE!"
So what we did was we burned down the apartment building and moved to a nice house with a little yard.